SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 01, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 3 3 3 Bald Eagle 3 3 3 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 33 33 33 Red-tailed Hawk 4 4 4 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 3 3 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown 0 0 0 Total: 48 48 48 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8.25 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Fred Kirn, Jim Maki Visitors: Frank Kitakis Anne Hanft Saul Hanft Tex Wells Weather: The weather overall today was Im sure showing the influences of Ernesto that is currently dumping heavy rains on the East Coast. Skies were generally overcast with moderate to fairly strong winds blowing out of the east for much of the day. Raptor Observations: The count today was much as you would expect this early in the fall but there was some decent movement at midday when the sun peeked out for a bit. Non-raptor Observations: Highlighting the non-raptor movement today was the appearance of a first-winter Black-legged Kittiwake during the early part of the count. Also, there appeared to be a significant number of Common Terns feeding in the channel as seen from the boat launch keeping company with the usual numbers of Forsters and a single Black Tern was noted there as well. Large numbers of Purple Martins were active all day long and appeared to be staging rather than migrating. Predictions: Rain is in the forecast for tomorrow but later than early, so there may some modest movement ahead of it. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
